Aug. 30th, 2012

laveer

Aug. 30th, 2012 07:14 am
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laveer (la-VEER) - v., (naut.) to beat into the wind, to tack.


A synonym for tacking, as far as I can tell, one very little used these days. Borrowed, as so many nautical terms, from Dutch -- in this case from laveren, from Middle Dutch laveren, loveren, from Middle French louvier, from lof, the side of a ship toward the wind and the ancestor of luff.

---L.

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